Record Profits from Exxon Mobil

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/7222414.stm
Oil giant Exxon Mobil reports $40.6bn net profits in 2007, a record for a US company. Its production was up 1% in the last quarter, despite losing its Venezuela oilfields to the government there. This follows on from Royal Dutch Shell's $22.6bn record for a UK company.
Clearly the high crude price is giving the oil companies soaring profits, and the seemingly endless demand should ensure that this picture continues for some time to come.